The Public Relations officer of the Nigerian
Universities Commission, Ibrahim Yakasai, has
stated that despite the new directive scrapping
the Post-UTME, universities are free to screen
students sent to them for admission by the
Joint Admission and Matriculation Board,
JAMB.
Recall that the Federal Government on
Thursday ordered that the examinations
usually organised by universities in Nigeria for
admission seekers after the Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examinations should be
scrapped.
The government argued that if there was
absolute confidence in the Joint Admissions
and Matriculation Board, there should be no
need for Universities to conduct internal
examinations to determine the fate of
candidates seeking admissions.
Speaking on NTA, Yakasai said the new
directive does not restrict any university from screening students sent to them by the exams board.
Usually, during admission, universities and
other schools are allowed to do elementary
screening. The screening include actual
verification of Jamb slip, crosschecking of
documents for admission, medical test, age
check and a host of other prerequisite for
securing of admission.


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Dis scrap wey dem scrap dis tin na bad idea especially for schools wit lots of candidates.ojoro go raise to power 2 now,no cutoff for each course apart from jamb,and even if unis fix for each course(lets say 250 for law),na then u go see 251 on merit list nd 290 no go make am plus no way 2 complain dis tym cos na jamb dem go refer u to nd d man even talk abt candidates sent to them,maybe dem go even redistribute.wrong move...